Simon Thomas' story of losing his first wife Gemma to cancer after 4 days
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Simon Thomas shares his journey of the devastating loss of his first wife, Gemma, within four days of being diagnosed with cancer in 2017. Simon chronicles the agony of grief, how God met him in unexpected ways and how his life has been restored from the wreckage of that time.
Simon is a British television presenter, best known for his work on Sky Sports, Amazon Prime and Blue Peter and today serves as the President of Blood Cancer UK. He is married to Derrina and has two children, Ethan and Talitha. His book, titled "Love, Interrupted: Navigating Grief One Day at a Time", chronicles his experience of losing Gemma to blood cancer and how he navigated his grief and found hope and healing. You can find it here:
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Simon mentions several verses from the Bible that have been of help or comfort to him:
Peace beyond understanding - Philippians 4:7 (2:58)
He weeps with us - John 11:1-44 (5:25)
Making all things new - Isaiah 43:19 (7:46)
Restoration out of wreckage - Isaiah 61:4 (8:28)
Anchor for the soul - Hebrews 6: 19 (9:10)
Chapters:
0:00 Losing Gemma
1:28 The Funeral
3:28 Foggy Saturday
6:08 Second Rate or Second Best
8:53 Where is the hope?
I remember having a dream, where God said to me “I’ll always be with you, even through the bad times and it will all be alright in the end”. He never said the bad times wouldn’t happen, just that he’d be there alongside me. 🙏🏻
God is with you 247 Amen 🇿🇦🙏
❤ very encouraging truths he will never leave us neither will he forsake us❤his word ✝️ is true we have to accept and believe it 🕊️
Thank you for your honesty about grief and the Faithfulness of God through your grief ❤
How absolutely heartbreaking….. What a tremendous loss. 😥
So touching story may God increase your faith
Thank you so much for sharing this. It has helped me tremendously 🙏
A beautiful testimony
What an amazing testimony! Am over 70, wondering how on earth to cope anymore with burden of a 50 year old NPD daughter and her teenage twins one of whom is autistic. I feel I have no strength anymore but the thought that keeps me going is that our loving Father knows the end from the beginning and He has all the answers. I have to wait on Him until His appointed season of refreshing arrives. Because He lives we can face tomorrow....
😢break every day in moments.pray and fast. Ask help if you have christian sisters...if not let's ask for his providence ..one little step at a time.Jesus please have mercy of us. Read the bible aloud to your family. Ask help from the other son that is healthy he will understand.i will pray ..God is faithful
Thank you for sharing your story. I can relate. One difference between your story and mine was the element of time. My husband Mark had been diagnosed with heart disease when he was 48 yrs old. Ten years later he had a triple bypass. His recovery from the surgery left him with dire side effects that ultimately killed him. Twenty years past the time of his first heart attack Mark's heart was failing. We continued to look for medical answers while Mark continued to work as a self employed architect. On the morning of April 29 after a restless night of chest pains and shortness of breath Mark got up and dressed preparing for his day at the office. He'd had other similar nights, he just moved on. He thought he might eat a little something so I fixed a small breakfast. He rested a bit after eating then asked me to drive him to the office. So off we went. We lived 14 mi from town, mostly rural and forested land. Winding down the dirt road suddenly he looked alarmed and said, "Turn around." Then his defibrillator kicked in, for a few moments he physically looked like a person being electrocuted. His head slumped forward resting on his chest. He was gone. I knew instantly he was gone. All I could say was, "Mark did you just leave me?" And then it happened, a blanket of supernatural peace fell upon us. I said my goodbyes at a stop sign in the woods all alone. And it was Okay.The peace has remained. Six months after his passing I moved to another city to be closer to kids, Driving myself to my new home I saw an aberration of Mark. While driving, off to my left I perceived my late husband. He was smiling. I heard him say telepathically, "you are doing great. Wait until you see the house I picked out for you. Sue, this is your time to live and express who you are. I've been a huge, towering influence in your life, now that influence is gone. Let the world see who you are fully!" It's been two years since he crossed over. The house I moved into, sight unseen, was amazing . I am expressing my 'countrified' self with gardens, hens, and dogs. I am learning who I am just like he said. And yes, he is still hanging around. 🤗
Excellent testimony, though you may want to edit the word abberation, which mainly carries negative connotations. ❤
I needed this 🙏
Simon you are a great person and Ethan is a credit to you god bless
Great video. Thanks.
So sorry for you and your family loss ❤
God is there all the time!!
I know that peace ❤
Footprints in the sand. 🙏🏻God never leaves or abandons is, even when we think there’s no hope, he’s not only there right beside us. He’s carrying us. In Catholicism, there is something called ‘The Dark Night Of The Soul’ where all hope is gone and when the greatest of Saints have felt abandoned by God and this is well documented. They come through this to discover that it’s quite the opposite.
Brilliant so honest
An amazing testimony of God's Love, care and concern
Praise JESUS! W❤W! Beautiful Testimony! Thanks for sharing ✨
Thank you for sharing your testimony of Christ in your life when people are not into Jesus much in the UK. Revival!! 🥰🥰🥰
Absolutely!!
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I find faith hard to believe when life is so cruel
Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But.....
(Jesus said in John 12:27.)
And He restores my soul. Psalm 23.
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It is not God that brought death & despair, it is Satan.
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“God” 😂